Kashiwazaki Kariwa 1 shut down on 6 August 2011 and is in the process of seeking clearance to restart, after the introduction of new regulatory requirements in 2013 by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority.

Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-5
Owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 5 June 1980
First Criticality Wednesday, 12 December 1984
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 13 February 1985
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 18 September 1985
Long-term Shutdown Saturday, 6 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 1067 MWe
Capacity Gross 1100 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3293 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1067 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1985 1067 5793 4960.19 100.00 100.00 100.00 98.80 98.80
1986 1067 6463 6703.73 73.80 73.00 78.50 71.70 77.20
1987 1067 8760 9195.47 100.00 100.00 88.00 98.40 86.60
1988 1067 6660 6959.75 75.80 75.00 84.00 74.30 82.80
1989 1067 6236 6442.33 71.20 69.70 80.60 68.90 79.50
1990 1067 5711 5987.40 65.20 65.00 77.70 64.10 76.60
1991 1067 8618 9031.56 98.40 97.90 80.90 96.60 79.80
1992 1067 6728 6958.10 76.60 75.40 80.10 74.20 79.00
1993 1067 6575 6874.29 75.10 74.70 79.50 73.60 78.40
1994 1067 6744 7020.25 77.00 76.10 79.10 75.10 78.00
1995 1067 8760 9235.21 100.00 100.00 81.20 98.80 80.00
1996 1067 6469 6814.36 73.60 73.60 80.50 72.70 79.40
1997 1067 7525 7899.88 85.90 85.70 80.90 84.50 79.80
1998 1067 5960 6176.21 68.00 67.40 79.90 66.10 78.80
1999 1067 8760 9198.85 100.00 99.70 81.30 98.40 80.20
2000 1067 7346 7714.74 83.60 83.60 81.40 82.30 80.30
2001 1067 6743 7070.55 77.00 76.90 81.20 75.60 80.00
2002 1067 5628 5906.21 64.20 64.20 80.20 63.20 79.00
2003 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.80 0.00 74.70
2004 1067 6171 6496.73 70.20 69.20 75.40 69.30 74.40
2005 1067 3051 3125.94 34.80 33.50 73.40 33.40 72.40
2006 1067 5899 6299.43 67.30 67.10 73.10 67.40 72.20
2007 1067 2952 3165.81 33.70 33.60 71.30 33.90 70.40
2008 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.20 0.00 67.40
2009 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 65.40 0.00 64.60
2010 1067 5022 5290.82 57.30 56.30 65.10 56.60 64.30
2011 1067 5208 5605.55 59.40 59.40 64.80 60.00 64.20
2012 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.50 0.00 61.80
2013 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.20 0.00 59.60
2014 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.20 0.00 57.60
2015 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56.30 0.00 55.70
2016 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.50 0.00 53.90
2017 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.80 0.00 52.20
2018 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 51.20 0.00 50.60
2019 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 49.70 0.00 49.20
2020 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 48.30 0.00 47.80
2021 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.00 0.00 46.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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